June 10, 2026
Hundreds of teenage girls in Apomu Kingdom received free menstrual pads and practical health education on Tuesday as Dr Sekinat Bola -Oyebamiji, wife of APC governorship aspirant and President of Medical Women Association, Osun State Chapter, donated 2000 menstrual pads in a community outreach on menstrual hygiene and girl-child welfare.
The teenage girls and young women got more free sanitary pads as Dr Oyebamiji took the girls through proper use and disposal of sanitary as well as importance of menstrual hygiene.
She said ” The issue of menstrual hygiene is a key health issue which every girl confronts growing up. The challenge could be more overwhelming if and where resources to handle this natural event in human life are lacking or barely exising”
The Aspirant’s Wife added that “we owe the girls the duty to give them appropriate knowledge and orientation that would help them function as individuals and group in the society. It would also help situations where girls are absent from school as a result of confusion and stigma of menstruation. :
